ecstasy

[ec·sta·sy]

If you’ve ever been so happy that the rest of the world seemed to disappear, you’ve felt ecstasy a feeling or state of intensely beautiful bliss.

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The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

Noun
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Noun
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens

Noun
a state of elated bliss


n.
The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

n.
Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.

n.
Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.

n.
A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.

v. t.
To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.


Ecstasy

Ec"sta*sy , n.; pl. Ecstasies . [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. , fr. to put out of place, derange; = out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand.] [Also written extasy.] 1. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.
Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy.
This is the very ecstasy of love.
2. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.
He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy.
3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. [Obs.]
That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy.
Our words will but increase his ecstasy.
4. (Med.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne.

Ecstasy

Ec"sta*sy, v. t. To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. [Obs.]
The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits.

The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.

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Usage Examples

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.

Beauty is an ecstasy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Find ecstasy in life the mere sense of living is joy enough.

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.

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Other Usage Examples

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.

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